I have an application that keeps asking me for the registration code every time I open it. The application functions properly, but on the next opening, same request.

The developer said I should enter the following into Terminal, which I am willing to do if it is not too broad and encompassing of a command. They said it would repair permissions on the boot disk.

sudo /usr/libexec/repair_packages --repair --standard-pkgs --volume /

Safe? Equivalently do it with Repair Permissions in OnyX?


On a Mac since 1984.
Currently: 24" M1 iMac, M2 Pro Mac mini with 27" BenQ monitor, M2 Macbook Air, MacOS 14.x; iPhones, iPods (yes, still) and iPads.